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I wrote on David Moyes sack page early yesterday (Monday) morning that I didn’t see United making a change before the end of the season, so how wrong was I…. as United have sacked Moyes today.

Never ones to miss an opportunity, Bookmakers already had ‘Next Manchester United Manager’ markets live last night, before Moyes had actually been (officially) fired – such is the ruthless nature of both football and betting.

So who is favourite to be the next Manchester United manager? The early front runner in the market is Dutchman, Louis Van Gaal, who was the previous favourite for the Spurs job – a market that also went live with Tottenham still having a manager.

After Van Gaal in the betting, comes Borussia Dortmund manager, Jurgen Klopp at a general 6/1 (although I have seen 10/1 with Coral, but I don’t expect that to last).

Klopp looks a genuine contender to me, he has built up a magnificent team spirit, has been successful in Europe (taking Dortmund to the 2013 Champions League final), and has shown he can build a team from scratch – he does though, have no Premier League experience.

Then comes the impressive Diego Simeone at 18/1 with Bet365 (£200.00 Sign Up Bonus) who is currently building himself an impressive reputation at Atletico Madrid, with the chance to impress more as he squares up tactically to Jose Mourinho tonight in the Champions League.

I wouldn’t discount Ferguson, he has had a break, he may well feel slightly responsible for what has happened, and I can’t envisage that he has lost any of his hunger.

He is also at nearly all the United matches, which shows he still retains a healthy interest. It’s not like he has moved to an island in the West Indies and has happily retired there. So I certainly wouldn’t be ruling him out.

Don’t forget that there are sign up offers and free bets with all the bookmakers listed on this page, in fact there are offers with all the bookmakers listed on this site.

If your not a massive fan of betting on these Next Manager Markets but feel you have a hunch on this one, then it could be the ideal time to use a free bet.

Slightly off the beaten track today, but with the Aintree Festival upon us, I thought I’d let you know that Betfair are offering any new account sign ups a great refund promotion over the whole of the Grand National meeting from Aintree over the next 3 days.

Any new customers opening a Betfair account will be entitled to a refund on their first bet of every race of the Aintree meeting if that horse doesn’t win, and the SP favourite (or joint favourite) does win.

As I already stated, this is a new customer only promotion, and it only applies to the Sportsbook (Fixed Odds) site, not the betting exchange.

You will need to open your new Betfair account between now and 4:00pm tomorrow (4th April, 2014), and use the Promo Code ZSK130 when you sign up. Every refund is up to a maximum of £/€25.00 and will come in the form of a free bet token. It only applies to bets placed pre-race, any bets placed in-running won’t count.

As well as this, Betfair are also giving away a £50.00 Free Bet to new customers. To claim this offer you will need to place a qualifying bet at odds of over 1.5 (1/2) within 30 days of opening your account. This need to be a single, and needs to be placed on the Sportsbook (Fixed Odds) section.

Again, if it’s a Betting Exchange account you are after, don’t worry as you can use the same login on both the Sportsbook and Betting Exchange platforms.

Betfair have another one of their – now frequent – new account sign up offers available on tonight’s Manchester derby match at Old Trafford.

Anybody opening a Betfair Sportsbook(not the Betting Exchange) account will get their money back as a free bet if Manchester United lose, or they will get double the odds if Manchester United win.

Please note, if you want an Exchange account with Betfair, you can still get this offer as both the Sportsbook and Exchange operate under the same login. So you can open a Sportsbook account and take advantage of this offer, and then just use the Exchange thereafter under the same login.

Back to the Manchester derby offer, and the maximum bet is €/£25.00, and the maximum (bonus) payout on double the odds is €/£100.00. Only your first bet counts, and it has to be placed pre match.

So if you put €/£25.00 on Manchester United to win at 5/2, instead of getting €/£87.50 back if they are victorious, you would get €/£175.00 back (the bonus payout would be €/£87.50 – less than the €/£100.00 maximum bonus payout stated in Betfair’s T+C’s). While if United lost, you would get €/£25.00 back as a free bet.

In the Manchester United V Liverpool match, they we will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score & Scorecast singles on the match as a free bet, if Wayne Rooney scores any time.

And in the Tottenham V Arsenal match, they will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score & Scorecast singles on the match as a free bet, if Santi Cazorla scores any time.

With BetVictor, if a Red Card is shown at any time during the Man Utd v Liverpool match, they will refund losing Correct Score, First/Last/Anytime Goalscorer, Scorecast & Half-Time/Full-Time bets on that particular match as a free bet. They are offering the exact same money back special on the Tottenham v Arsenal match.

Stan James are offering a money back special in cold, hard cash (their words) if your First Goalscorer selections score second in both Manchester United v Liverpool match and the Tottenham v Arsenal match.

If your first goal scorer selection scores the first goal of the match, then goes on to score another, Betfred will double your first goalscorer price. And if your selection then goes on to complete a hat-trick, they will treble your first goalscorer price.

As well as this we have the usual Bet365 offers such as their 0-0 Bore Draw money back special and their 100% Euro Soccer Bonus, and they also have a £50.00 Free Bet for your first bet on mobile or tablet.

Around 10 days ago, there was 100/1 available on the City quadruple, but with another round of the FA cup done, and a lot of punters showing an interest in a City clean sweep, the bookies have been forced to cut the odds.

Skybet are offering a £30.00 Free Bet to new customers, and BetVictor a £25.00 Free Bet to new customers. It might be worth using the free bet on the quadruple? As after all, it is a no lose bet on a long shot.

There is still a lot of hurdles for Pellegini’s team to get over yet if they are to complete the quadruple, including Barcelona, but from what I have seen of both City and Barca this season, City certainly have nothing to fear….. and that can be said of everyone.

City also know they have been competitive with both Bayern Munich and Real Madrid over the past two seasons, as well as getting well outplayed by them both at times. The point is though, that City know they can compete with Europe’s finest.

Onto the FA Cup, and what a couple of cracking ties to look forward to in the 5th round. Manchester City hosting Chelsea, and Arsenal V Liverpool, are obviously the two stand out fixtures, but on top of that we also have two other entertaining match ups in Everton V Swansea, and Sunderland V Southampton.

City are still the favourites to lift the trophy, despite drawing Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. The best price on City going one better than last season, and lifting the trophy, is 10/3 with Bet365 (£200 in free bets for new accounts) – you can get 3/1 with most other bookmakers.

Everton are the big mover in the betting, they are as short as 5/1 with most firms, they are clearly benefiting from the favourable draw, which sees the top 4 in the Premier League taking on each other. The matches are to be played over the weekend of 15th and 16th February.

The minimum free bet amount is £5.00, the maximum is £25.00. It is a 100% match up, so a £10.00 qualifying bet, will get you a £10.00 free bet, £15.00 for £15.00, etc.

So in order to qualify for the maximum free bet amount of £25.00, you will need to place a qualifying bet of £25.00.

Your qualifying bet has to be your first settled bet, and it has to be a sports bet placed at odds greater than 1.5 (1/2).

Only customers in UK, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland qualify for the free bet. And customers using Neteller or Moneybookers to deposit will not be eligible for this Free Bet offer.

You will receive your free bet once your qualifying bet has been settled, so keep an eye out for it as you must use your free bet within 7 days of receiving it, otherwise it will expire.

There are restrictions on the free bet. Again it must be placed at odds greater than 1.5 (1/2), and it must be under odds of 11.00 (10/1). If you are using the matched betting method to cash this in, those odds will be fine.

If you use the matched betting method, you will need a Betfair Account for this.

Below, I have added some basic instructions on how to cash out the free bet using the Matched Betting method….

Qualifying Bet – Find a selection with Winner.com at odds of 2.00 (Evens), we will call them Team A for the sake of this example. Back Team A with Winner at odds of 2.00 (Evens) for £25.00. Lay Team A on Betfair at odds of 2.02 – 2.04 on Betfair for £25.40. This will get you around £24.00 back.

Wait for everything to be settled, and once it is, you then have a £25.00 free bet to use.

Free Bet – Find another selection on Winner.com at odds of 4.00 (3/1), again, we will call this Team A. Back Team A with Winner.com at odds of 4.00 (3/1) for £25.00.

Then find Team A on Betfair, they should be approximately 4.2 – 4.3 to lay. You then need to lay Team A on Betfair for £18.00 at 4.2 or £17.65 at 4.3 (whichever the price is too lay).

This should guarantee you around £15.00 risk free profit from the free bet. Alternatively, you can just use your free bet to have a ‘no lose’ bet.

Betfred are running another football promotion on the two upcoming England internationals over the next few days, by giving us a £10.00 Free Bet.

If you place a £10.00 bet on tonight’s England match against Moldova in-running, Betfred will give you a £10.00 Free Bet to use on Tuesday’s match between Ukraine and England.

This should be an easy way to make at least a fiver using the matched betting technique. Or alternatively you can just use it as a free bet on Tuesday, you do this by covering your £10.00 bet tonight by laying it on Betfair (ensuring you don’t lose), and then just have a risk free tenner on the match on Tuesday.

Remember, tonight’s bet in the England V Moldova match has to be placed in-running, bets placed pre match do not qualify. Good luck.

To qualify for this, new customers need to first sign up (obviously), and then deposit a minimum of $/€/£20. On the deposit page there is a section where you fill in your details that says ‘Promotional Code (optional)’ – in the box next to this, you will need to enter the word BRIT – this is what enables you to claim the 1000 free spins (there is a screenshot provided through this link that shows you exactly what to do).

Royal Ascot begins today and to mark this annual event Titanbet have put together an exciting package of offers for horse racing enthusiasts, and punters in general, to take advantage off.

Offer 1 – Everyday of Ascot this year, Titanbet are offering a free bet. If you can pick the winner of the day’s marquee race Group 1 race (3.45pm every day), Titanbet will give you a free bet to the same value to use on the following days Group 1 race.

The free bet is for a maximum of £25.00 and must be placed on the day of the race, and must be your first bet on the race.

Offer 2 – Titanbet are paying 5 places Each-Way on the following races….

Earlier this week Japan became the first side to book their place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, thanks to a 1-1 draw at home to Australia.

This Friday sees some of the nations in the European groups play another round of fixtures in their attempts to join Japan in qualifying for Brazil… and to mark these fixtures Titanbet are effectively offering us a £20.00 free bet on any trebles placed on Friday’s matches.

If you place a treble (the treble is the minimum, you can choose more selections if you wish) on Friday’s matches and it loses – Titanbet will give you a free bet to the same value for the international fixtures to be played on Tuesday 11th June, again this will have to be a treble.

This offer is for a maximum amount of £20.00. To qualify for this offer you will need to enter the bonus code wcq13 in the my account bonus section. The three match selections have to be at odds of 1.5 or higher. This offer is available in GB pounds, US dollars and Euros.

If you do participate in this offer, and are unfortunate enough to lose on Friday, please be aware that your free bet can only be used as a treble on fixtures played on Tuesday night, if you fail to use it on these matches you will lose the free bet – and we don’t want that!

Titanbet are an up and coming bookmaker currently trying to make their presence felt in the marketplace, so I expect to see plenty more of these sort of offers over the coming months.

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